Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 12:47:48 -0600 (CST) From: Charlie ROOT <root@x74-47.forestry.umn.edu> To: Adam Maas <mykroft@explosive.mail.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: only root can startx Message-ID: <20030123124448.W20711-100000@x74-47.forestry.umn.edu> In-Reply-To: <049401c2c30e$732d6af0$7419cdcd@ticking> References: <20030123122658.C20711-100000@x74-47.forestry.umn.edu> <049401c2c30e$732d6af0$7419cdcd@ticking>
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On Thu, 23 Jan 2003, Adam Maas wrote: > Your permissions for /var/log are wrong. they are: lorax# ls -l XFree86.0.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 23375 Jan 23 12:20 XFree86.0.log shouldn't that be correct? > > --Adam > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Charlie ROOT" <root@x74-47.forestry.umn.edu> > To: <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> > Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 1:30 PM > Subject: only root can startx > > > > I am working the kinks out of an upgrade from 4.7 to 5.0-R. So far I see a > > problem starting X. first off xinit does not seem to work. Was that > > removed in 5.0? Second, oly root can startx. When I try as a regular user, > > I get the message: 'Fatal server error connot open log file > > /var/log/XFree86.0.log' > > > > what's going on here? > > > > thanks, > > > > Kirk > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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